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Short Wave Sportfishing[_2_]

On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:28:00 -0500, lid wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
States Rights?

The states have the right to collect the fees. :)

But the license still works only in the one state, right? In other
words, you still have to buy the license in every state you fish in?

As it stands at this moment, yes. Further, if your state regulations
don't comply with the NOAA standard when it becomes official, you will
have to obtain a NOAA license/permit in addition to the state license.

The problem is that this has been a classic case of paradigm effect
resulting in paradigm paralysis. To put it in plain language, tried
and true is better than new and NOAA has locked everybody into the
same box instead of looking out the box's windows for something
different.